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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. Which character relays the main narrative in Poem Two?
2. What is the story in Poem Seven about?
3. What is the first word spoken in Poem Seven?
4. Who does the lady in brown call to at the beginning of Poem One?
5. In Sequence One, which character says, "forty poems 2 plants &3 handmade notecards i left/ town so i cd send to you have been no help to me/ on my job"?
Short Essay Questions
1. How does the lady in yellow begin Poem Sixteen? What feelings does she convey in the poem?
2. Describe Poem Four.
3. Who is the main character in Poem Eight? What story does the lady in purple share about this character?
4. What do the two songs at the end of Poem One represent?
5. Where does the lady in blue move to in Poem Eleven? How does she view her new neighborhood? Why does she view it this way?
6. What did Beau do after Crystal got a court order? What does Beau do on his last attempt to win Crystal back?
7. What happened to the main character's "stuff" in Poem Seventeen?
8. Why do the characters end the play on a good note, despite the journey?
9. Describe Poem Three.
10. Why does the lady in brown open and close the play?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Sisterhood is another theme in For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide/When the Rainbow is Enuf. How does the playwright use the play to celebrate the sisterhood that exists between African American women? Please use examples from the book to support your answer.
Essay Topic 2
As the individual women tell where they are located at the start of the play, they bring universality to the script. How does the playwright use the characters to bring universality to the script and show that women like the ones in the play are everywhere? Please use specific examples from the book.
Essay Topic 3
What is the significance of the songs and music in the play? Why do you think the author chose these particular songs? Please use examples from the book to support your answer.
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